Nivolumab (NIVO) + ipilimumab (IPI) + cabozantinib (CABO) combination therapy in patients (pts) with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (aHCC): Results from CheckMate 040.

Authors

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Thomas Yau

The University at Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Thomas Yau , Vittorina Zagonel , Armando Santoro , Mirelis Acosta-Rivera , Su Pin Choo , Ana Matilla , Aiwu Ruth He , Antonio Cubillo Gracián , Anthony B. El-Khoueiry , Bruno Sangro , Tarek Eldawy , Jordi Bruix , Giovanni Frassineti , Gina M. Vaccaro , Marina Tschaika , Christian Scheffold , Yun Shen , Jaclyn Neely , Fabio Piscaglia

Organizations

The University at Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Istituto Oncologico Veneto IOV-IRCCS, Padua, Italy, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Rozzano, Italy, Fundación de Investigación, San Juan, PR, National Cancer Center Singapore, Curie Oncology, Singapore, Singapore, Servicio de Digestivo, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón and CIBEREHD, Madrid, Spain, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, Hospital HM Universitario Sanchinarro, Centro Integral Oncológico Clara Campal (HM-CIOCC), Departamento de Ciencias Médicas Clínicas, Universidad San Pablo CEU, Madrid, Spain, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, Clinica Universidad de Navarra and CIBEREHD, Pamplona, Spain, Sacred Heart Health Systems, Pensacola, FL, BCLC, Hospital Clínic of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, University of Barcelona, CIBEREHD, Barcelona, Spain, Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo per lo Studio e la Cura dei Tumori (IRST-IRCCS), Meldola, Italy, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, Exelixis, Inc., Alameda, CA, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Research Funding

Pharmaceutical/Biotech Company
Bristol-Myers Squibb

Background: The programmed death-1 inhibitor NIVO had durable responses and a manageable safety profile in pts with aHCC in CheckMate 040 (NCT01658878; El-Khoueiry et al. Lancet 2017) and is approved in the United States, Canada, Australia, and elsewhere for sorafenib (SOR)-treated pts with aHCC. In another CheckMate 040 cohort, NIVO + IPI combination therapy had durable responses in SOR-treated pts with aHCC, with objective response rates (ORRs) > 30% in each dosing arm (Yau et al. J Clin Oncol 2019). CABO is also approved for SOR-treated pts with aHCC; a pivotal phase 3 trial reported median overall survival (OS) of 10.2 mo (Abou-Alfa et al. N Engl J Med 2018). This is the first report of efficacy and safety of NIVO + CABO +/- IPI (doublet and triplet) combinations in pts with aHCC. Methods: SOR-naive or -experienced pts with aHCC were randomized to 2 arms: [1] NIVO 240 mg Q2W + CABO 40 mg daily or [2] NIVO 3 mg/kg Q2W + IPI 1 mg/kg Q6W + CABO 40 mg daily. Treatment continued until intolerable toxicity or disease progression. Primary endpoints included ORR (investigator assessed using RECIST v1.1) and safety/tolerability. Data cutoff was January 2019. Results: 71 pts were randomized to NIVO + CABO (n = 36) or NIVO + IPI + CABO (n = 35). Investigator-assessed ORR was 17% (6 pts with partial response [PR]) in the NIVO + CABO arm and 26% (9 pts with PR) in the NIVO + IPI + CABO arm. Disease control rate was 81% for the NIVO + CABO arm and 83% for the NIVO + IPI + CABO arm; median progression-free survival was 5.5 mo for the NIVO + CABO arm and 6.8 mo for the NIVO + IPI + CABO arm. Median OS was not reached in either arm. Grade 3-4 treatment-related adverse events (TRAEs) were reported in 15 pts (42%) in the NIVO + CABO arm and 25 pts (71%) in the NIVO + IPI + CABO arm and led to discontinuation in 1 (3%) and 7 (20%) pts, respectively. No new safety signals were observed in either arm. Updated data describing the efficacy and safety of the combinations will be shown. Conclusions: In pts with aHCC, NIVO + CABO +/- IPI combination therapy led to clinically meaningful responses. Although the triplet had a higher rate of TRAEs observed than the doublet regimen, the majority of AEs were manageable and reversible. Clinical trial information: NCT01658878

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Abstract Details

Meeting

2020 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium

Session Type

Rapid Oral Abstract Session

Session Title

Rapid Abstract Session B: Hepatobiliary Cancer, Neuroendocrine/Carcinoid, Pancreatic Cancer, and Small Bowel Cancer

Track

Hepatobiliary Cancer,Neuroendocrine/Carcinoid,Pancreatic Cancer,Small Bowel Cancer,Other GI Cancer

Sub Track

Therapeutics

Clinical Trial Registration Number

NCT01658878

Citation

J Clin Oncol 38, 2020 (suppl 4; abstr 478)

Abstract #

478

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